Instrument sensitivity and error analysis for the remote sensing of tropospheric carbon monoxide by MOPITT

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 465-474

  Wang, Jinxue ^a,c   Gille, John C ^a   Bailey, Paul L ^a   Drummond, James R ^b   Pan, Liwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032740347     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0465:ISAEAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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